LEARN WITH A LAWYER - SEE HOW YOUR LAWYER TREATS OTHERS BEFORE YOU HIRE THEM.
See how your lawyer treats other folks, when you are in the persons office and you are interviewing with them, see how they treat their staff, see how they interact with the people you brought with you. Remember you are going to be dealing with this lawyer for a while and you want to be able to rely on their candor, rely on their ability to communicate with you. If you can glean some information on how they deal with their own staff members, that’s going to be a good indicator and how they are going to deal with you. This also translates over into your personal life. Anytime you are interacting with someone in a business relationship or you are in someone’s office interviewing see how they treat their staff, see how they treat the other people they work with because that is going to be a good indicator on how they are going to deal with you especially if you are in a working relationship with them.